|
Encyclopedia
-
Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Classification
There are enough Thracian examples with characteristic Satem sound-shifts to include Thracian in the Satem group of Indo-European languag...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Sources
As an extinct language that has no literature left, there's little known about it, but some Thracian words can be found cited in ancient ...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Vocabulary
The most reliable Thracian words are the words which have been explicitly cited and described as Thracian by the ancient authors. There a...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Language Affinity
Further than belonging to the Indo-European language family, probably as a centum language, the relation of Illyrian to other ancient and...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation):
Anatolian languages — earl...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation):
Anatolian languages — earl...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Illyrian Names
Illyrian names borrowed from Greek:
Glaukias, akin to Gk. glaukos, "gleaming, gray, gray-green, etc."
Kleitos, akin to Gk. kleinos, "ren...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Illyrian Words
Only a few Illyrian words are cited in Classical sources by Roman or Greek writers:
brisa, "husk of grapes" [citation needed]
rhinos, "f...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Sound Changes
As the Indo-European languages broke up, the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) sound system diverged as well. The difference between the palatali...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - History
See also: Proto-Indo-European, Historical linguistics, Glottochronology.
The possibility of common origin for some of these languages was...
» Read the article
|
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Outside Influences
The Ancient Greek language (and also the Ancient Macedonian language) would have become an important external influence on Illyrian-speak...
» Read the article
|
